Friday, 24 September 2004

At the recent In The City conference, John Kennedy, the ex-head of Universal Music made a speech that terrified many. Not because of the content as much as the fact that it came over as the ramblings of a madman. I could dissect what he said, but various outlets have already done that for me, including this one.
Suffice to say, with him running the IFPI I don't think there's anyone who's a fan of music who can sleep soundly at night. How do people like this get jobs?

At the recent In The City conference, John Kennedy, the ex-head of Universal Music made a speech that terrified many. Not because of the content as much as the fact that it came over as the ramblings of a madman. I could dissect what he said, but various outlets have already done that for me, including this one.
Suffice to say, with him running the IFPI I don't think there's anyone who's a fan of music who can sleep soundly at night. How do people like this get jobs?

Intro

Back when I worked at AOL I kept a blog commenting on how bad the music industry got it wrong. AOL killed off their blog product, but I've managed to rescue a fair amount of the material I wrote and have archived it here.

I've also decided to start adding content again, as there's always something happening in the industry.

Spotify

Got Spotify? Why not have a listen to some of the playlists I've compiled: